Acres of Aspiration: The All Black Towns in Oklahoma

By Hannibal B. Johnson

Book Overview

Beulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post-Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed the idea of Oklahoma as an all-Black state. And all-Black towns proliferated there. Some sixty all-Black towns, along with Tulsa's Greenwood District, bear witness to the deep creativity and incredible human spirit of the people who built them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978915038
• ISBN13: 9780978915032
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"